PLAYER REVIEW: ILDEMARO VARGAS Age on opening day 2023: 31 How acquired: Signed as minor league free agent, May 2022 MLB service time: 3 years, 7 days 2022 salary: $700,000 Contract status: Arbitration-eligible, free agent in 2026 2022 stats (CHC/WSH): 63 G, 222 PA, 209 AB, 19 R, 55 H, 13 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 3 SB, 1 CS, 8 BB, 23 SO, .263 AVG, .

The cold and hard math from the 2022 season tells us this: The Orioles had a below-average offense this year. But not by a large amount. Still, it was enough to have Birdland’s concern meter on the rise as the year ended. The O’s offense stumbled badly at the end, and for some, that is the lasting memory of how they did with the bats this year. Win

Austin Hays doesn’t believe that the Orioles spent the entire 2022 season or even the bulk of it sneaking up on opponents. He’s convinced that teams knew much earlier just how good the Orioles had become simply by paying attention. The results were spread out in front of them. Many more wins, much tighter games. The late comebacks, whether complete

The Orioles are stockpiling catchers in the early days of their offseason. Two more arrived today, with the Orioles claiming Aramis Garcia and Mark Kolozsvary off waivers from the Reds. A full 40-man roster required two corresponding moves, and the Orioles designated relievers Louis Head and Beau Sulser for assignment. Garcia, who turns 30 in Janua

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Claimed C Aramis Garcia off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.Claimed C Mark Kolozsvary (COLES-very) off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.Designated RHP Louis Head for assignment.Designated RHP Beau Sulser for assignment.  The 40-man roster remains at 40 players.

For Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins, a follow-up act was always going to be a challenge. How does a player produce the first 30-30 season in Orioles history and then repeat that? Since 1954, the club’s first year in Baltimore, no player had ever hit 30 or more homers and stole 30 or more bases in the same season. It was not done by anyone els

PLAYER REVIEW: KEIBERT RUIZ Age on opening day 2023: 24 How acquired: Traded from Dodgers with Josiah Gray, Donovan Casey and Gerardo Carrillo for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner, July 2021 MLB service time: 1 year, 64 days 2022 salary: $701,300 Contract status: Under team control, arbitration-eligible in 2025, free agent in 2028 2022 stats: 112 G, 43

Spenser Watkins started the fifth and 162nd games for the Orioles in 2022. In between were impressive stretches, an injury, a demotion and a return. What’s next for Watkins? When you find out, please let him know. Watkins signed another minor league deal with the Orioles in November after they outrighted him, and his contract was selected on April

When it comes to Orioles shortstop Jorge Mateo, there is a lot to like. He led the American League in stolen bases, he plays very solid, sometimes outstanding defense, and that top-of-the-scale speed never goes into a slump. The defense and speed are plenty good enough for a first-division team, but is his offense? At a time when there are so many

PLAYER REVIEW: LUKE VOIT Age on opening day 2023: 32 How acquired: Traded from Padres with MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, Robert Hassell III, James Wood and Jarlin Susana for Juan Soto and Josh Bell, August 2022 MLB service time: 4 years, 169 days 2022 salary: $5.45 million Contract status: Arbitration-eligible, free agent in 2025 2022 stats (SD/WSH):